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Tillerson confirms US ready to solve its problems with Russia — Lavrov

“BONN, February 16. /TASS/. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has confirmed President Donald Trump’s readiness to resolve problems in relations with Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday.

“We have discussed the situation in bilateral relations, which were seriously undermined by the Obama administration,” Lavrov said after his first meeting with Tillerson.”http://tass.com/politics/931320

It would be insane to return Crimea. It is hard to believe they even opened with it. The Crimean people voted about 97% to leave Ukraine. Why do US leaders have so much trouble comprehending the right of people in other countries to self-determination? I guess they have a lot of trouble comprehending our rights, so it would be too much to ask of them to comprehend the rights of people an ocean away from us.

Anyway, even if we could return Crimea the Ukrainian government would justl open war against them and slaughter thousands, as they are doing in Donbass. While the morons in DC drone on about Russia being “authoritarian”, it is really their pals in Kiev who are the monsters. I’ve seen photos of elderly Ukrainians sitting on icy sidewalks begging for food. We helped make that happen. It breaks my heart.

It is NOT in Orlando, it is in Melbourne, 60 miles east of Orlando. I used to live there. Greedy Commission put Orlando in front of Melbourne International Airport to mislead people into coming to Melbourne rather than Orlando. Similar is the Orlando-Sanford Airport north of Orlando.

The media needs counseling over the Clinton loss. Their behavior is not normal and should be considered unstable. They obviously were going to gain something if Clinton won and are grieving the loss. Bizarre to watch at this point.

Sources told the publication that the staffers were escorted from the building on Wednesday after they didn’t pass Form SF86, the “Questionnaire for National Security Positions.” A successful response to the form is required for a security clearance.